Adolph von Graffen with his wife Anita discuss their childhood experiences growing up in pre-World War II Germany and their childhood during war. Mr. von Graffen mentions being drafted to the Hitler Youth, and the experiences of being bombed in their small town south of Berlin. He and his mother and sister were often rushed into their basement bomb shelter which had been stocked with provisions. Mr. von Graffen discusses his father's service during the war, and that he was a prisoner of war and was separated from his family for 10 years.
